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Wales Feted.

BRUSSELS, March 28.-The Prince OF
Wales has been greatly feted here and has
returned to London.
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Anarchists Sent Up.

VIENNA, March 2s.-Thirteen Anarchists.
convicted of completely in the plot to set
fire to the city and blow up the imperial
palace at Schonbrunn with dynamite, have
been sentenced to imprisonment at hard
labor for terms ranging from one year to
twenty years. One other was acquitted.
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Fischer's turtle has been heard from at
Mandan. It stopped to do little job in
transferring there to help the railroad out.
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ped their ensigns to the winner, and the
crews OF all cheered. At 1:3O the Core
nets anchor was dropped of at the Cork
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A CUP FOR A RETURN RACE.

New YORK, March 2S.-Richard K. Fox
has notified Messrs. Bush and Colt, owners
of the Coronet and Dauntless, that he will
upon receipt of their approval offer a
IS 900 cup for return race between the
yachts from Fastnet, Ireland, to Sandy
Hook, N. J.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-17

woman who looked like a China woman,
but on the reservation | saw some babies
that were startingly like Monaghan
babes. AS rule these Siwash did not
look like their brothers, the Indians Of
the plains. They were shOrt-leggcd,
long-bodied, broad shouldercd and mar
row hipped fellows with tatter faces
They were less strengthening than our
Indians and they were stupidcr-loOking
In short, if YOU could imagine the Indians
Of the plains doomed for centuries to
eating fish and rowing boats until they
were extraordinarily muscular above the
waist and excessively weak and small in
the legs, you would get an idea Of the
Siwash as compared with our red men.
To this add the rOunder faces and higher
Chcekbones and lighter complexion of
the Chinese, and you have the picture
complete.
At the reservation one dav Mr. G. J.
Taylor, the artist, desired to sketch some
of the peculiar boats of the SiWaSh, and
so we went to the launching beach, where
the canoes were lying in rows like boats
on the clubhouse floats along the Har
lem or the Schuylkill. They were Of all
sizes and degrees of magniticenCe from
the simple punt Of little boy to the
cight-fOOt canoe Of the average Indian,
and so on up to the gaudy and grand
tWentv-fOOt boat of a Well-tOdO family
or enterprising fisherman But all looked
alike at 800 wards distance, and, except
for their differing sizes, they were all
alike, all being dugouts made in precisely
the same way, with precisely the same
hcad-pieces and tail-picces. joined on
after the dugout was finished. The head,
or bow piece was alWav; a trltte larger
than the tail piece, but both represented
the head of an animal, open mouthed,
with both eyes on each side. That after
noon | was looking over some photo
graphs of the sights of Victoria in
a book store on the main street, and
among the pictures | found bundle OF
cards tied up in apaper
"That," said the bookseller, "is small
lot of Chinese photographs brought here
by a vessel from China a year or SO ago.
They are Of no interest. however, New
erthclcSs. looked them over and among
them found what was called "A Fishing
Scene on a Chinese River.' 1t repre-
scented a number of boats on a broad
river, TO my intense surprise they we've
Siwash boats. There could be no mis-
take about it, There were the same
prOWS and Sterns, the same Open-mOuthed
heads, the same ingenious arrangement
of the ewes, both on one side of the head
the same lines or bands stripping the neck
of a prov here and there and exactly the
same general shape to the boats. In one
way only did they differ Some of the
Chinese boats had part Of their holds
rooted over. The roofing was done with
mating laid on bent sticks, like barrel
slaves, to judge from descriptions of
other boat awnings have heard described
and that looked like these in the picture
Icalled the attention of the bookseller to
the similarity of the Chinese boats to the
Siwash dug outs.
Il never noticed that before said he :
but when Japanese man ofwar came
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-17

them so deeply, or was so ANXIOUS to be
come the highest authority concerning
them. fhe had said that he went to China
to look for the origin of the red man |
would not write what am now going to,
but he did not.
Across narrow little channel of water
beside the city of Victoria, on Vancou-
ver's island, is what is called Siwash
reservation Siwash is the T'linket
name for a man, just as ''klootchman'
is the Tlinket name for a woman, but
the whites all call the Indians "Siwash,"
so | will do the same 4 few stout
sweeps of an oar will bring a whole
family from the reserve into the docks
of Victoria, and the consequence is that
one meets very many Indians in the
streets of that city on every day of the
year. They are not clothed like the red
men of the plains, in blankets, feathers,
moccasins and separated trouser-legs,
but dress like white men, with very much
such rude choice of clothes and awk
ward appearance in them as the average
tnlna11ldn presents III our clues. ' &c
toria is also the seat of large Chinese
colony. About 5000 Cinnamon live in
the town, and maintain large stores,
theatre and Joss house there. AS many
more from the country around come there
whenever they have any shopping or
loating to do. Therefore the forms and
faces of Cinnamon are familiar sights in
those streets. The similarity of the faces
OF some of the Siwash to certain types of
Chinese faces struck me forcibly again
during my stay in Victoria. Again and
again l said to my friend, Does not that
Indian look like a Chinaman ?" | knew
the man was an Indian either because he
was with other Indians or because he
was in hut on the reservation or be-
car Sc inquired about him, as the case
might be. I saw no Siwash girl or
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-17

here, year or so ago, s great many folks
noticed a strong resemblance between
the Japs and the Siwash, and it made a
great deal of talk"
The most curious thing about the ST.
wash is their habit of 'pot-latching'
their money away after it has taken a
lifetime of work and self-denial to get it
Orafter it has been suddenly and luckily
gotten at the end of long endured pow
erty, as happened not long ago when one
poor devil sold piece of land for a hand
some sum. The "pot-latch," as they call
it, is festival celebrated when man of
the tribe has got a large sum of money
and wants to throw it all away. Five
thousand dollars is the usual figure which,
once attained in dollars, fits man for in
wiling his friends to a 'pOt-latch.' Be-
I fore doing so he builds a large house,
plainly, in the form of a shed; stocks
it we'll with liquor, snowy calico and
cloths and blankets, with nice and useful
little knick-knacks like pocket knives
and pipes and ribbons, or whatever he
knows the Siwash are fond Of The day
set having arrived all the Siwash for
miles around come to the big new house
and eat, drink and divide the spoils
When they have gone and the pOt-latch
is over, which may not be until the close
of second day, the man who gave the
feast is almost as poor as the day he was
born. He has nothing except his roof
and the clothes on his back All but he
is richer than ever in another way He
is ennobled by his own generosity and
takes high rank above his fellows. He
is apt to work on just as he did before
the potlatch, but he need not do so. He
need not do anything. His tribe has be-
come proud of him and will see that he
never wants.
The Tsimsheans of the more nOrtherly
coast, including that of Alaska, and the
once fierce Hydahs of the islands off the
coast, all celebrate the pOt-latch, and |
was very much surprised to find when |
got to Tacoma, in Washington Territory,
that the Indians there also indulge in the
custom, though many of them, if l mis-
take not, are Flatheads. 1t was while |
was in Tacoma, by the way, that very
gifted and observant little lady, of New
England descent, who has had much to
do with the Chinese as house servants
and peddlers, told me that the language in
which the best conversational progress
can be made with Chinaman is the Chi
nook" or pigeon Indian with which the
traders talk to the Indians. They under
stand the Indian words fa1 better than
the English ones. To say the least, these
are very queer condolences that | men
ton. Here we find that the Indians
nearest to China look like Chinese, use
the same boats the Chinese use, and talk
a language which the Chinaman family
understands. JULIAN RALPH.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-17

have discovered the origin of the
American Indian after mere flying trip
across the continent and a day or two
with the Indians during halts here and
there on the journey. Most persons have
never troubled themselves about the mat
ter at all, and if asked where the Indians
came from would say they didn't know ::
they were found here and possibly they
always were here. But they must have
come from somewhere, whether the Bib
lical account of the creation of a man
and woman in Western Asia or the Oar
winian theory of the development Of man
from the monkeys of the tropics is true.
How did Adam children get to America,
or, if you prefer to think yourself the
offspring of monkeys, how did the
monkey man of Darwin get here-if he
was first developed in the old world; or
how did he get there-if he was first
produced here? The favorite theory
about the Indian is that he came to this
continent by way of Behring's strait
from Asia, either at time when
the strait was frozen over or when
there was no strait; or that a bOat-load
out fishing on the Asiatic coast blew
over in a gale one day, and, not being
able to get back, resolved to stop where
they were and 'people the continent" so
as not to be lonely in their new home. |
picked up George Catlin's book about the
Indians the other day, and, to my sur
prise, found that he repudiated this
theory. Not only that, but he says that
he actually spent considerable time
among the people of the Eastern coast of
Asia and of the Aleutian Islands, study
ing the customs, languages, and other
distinctive characteristics Of those peo-
piles on purpose to prove or disprove
this theory. In his mind he disproved
tia fact that should be considered Of
very great weight, for no man who ever
wrote on the subject knew so much As
Catlin did about our ahOrigIne> loved
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-17
Six and a Half Tons of Diamonds.

Six and a half tons of diamonds-surelv
even Sinbad the Sailor never ventured to
compute his diamonds by the ton--valned
at about $500, 900, have been extracted
from four African mines alone in the course
of the last few years. The other great dia-
mond-field of the world is India, also Brit
lsh possession. Everybody knows that
Amsterdam has hitherto been the centre of
the demonstrating industry of the world
and in former times there was good reason
for this, as in London at least the industry
was extinct. Of late years efforts have been
successfully made to reintroduce diamond
cutting in England, and that English cut
tiers have beaten the Dutch in several recent
competitions.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-17
Religion and Rags.

London's Ragged Sunday schools, !"
which are declared to be the great means of
reaching and improving the poor children of
that city, are increasing fast in number and
Influence They now have 10000 scholars
and 1900 teachers Exchange.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-17
IT'S A COLD DAY.
SOME WEATHER LOREOF THE OLD
PLANTATION NEGRO.

signs which Herald the Approach OF
severe Winter-Sut Crop Heavy and the
Hornets Nests Built Iowa Deceptive
New England Day-A Texas Wind.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-17

A CURIOUS INDIAN TRIBE on THE
SIWA~U RESERVATION.
Monaghan Characteristics of the People
Boats that Resemble Those of the Chinese
The Pot-latch Festival in Which Their
Hard Earnings are Thrown Away.

' would re-
q Il i T e a
great deal
more aSSur-
ance than
ev en- t h e
a We I a e e
newspaper
III a II = o S
SeSSeS Tor
me to pre-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-26
Split In the Ranks.

New ORLEANS, March 25.-For some
time there has been trouble in the ranks
Of the laborers engaged in the handling OF
cotton In this city. The Cotton Mems
Council split Into the Old Council and
New Council. So 32lE =
The trouble grows out OF the fight which
was made on the independent cotton pres-
seq, which propose 10 reduce press charges
while paying regular wages. The New
Council excluded press owners and other
employers, while tho Old Council allowed
such employers as were already repre-.
sented to remain in the organization.
Yesterday tho trouble eliminated in
the strike Of the New Council, which stop.
ped work at all but two Of the cotton pres,
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Against the Trunk Line Pool.

HARRISBURG, Pa, March 25.-The argu-
ment in the trunk line and coal pool cases
began in court this morning, the attend
ance Of attorneys representing the various
corporations being quite large. The
Attorney General called up the
cases and presented evidence taken
before an examiner by his predecessor,
Mr.. Caeaidy in the trunk line cases. John
Scott offered an affidavit FROM President
Roberts, Of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Mr.. Olmstead offered aitidavits from
Chauncey M. Depew, President Of the
New York Central, John King, President
OF the Erie, Samuel Sloan, President OF
the Delaware Il Lackawanna Railroad,
J. NJ. Adams, President Of the. New
York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad
Company, and others. These aflida.
Wits stated that the object OF the
trunk line contract WAS to prevent secret
rates, unjust discrimination, etc and had
been Of great benefit to the citizens Of
Pennsylvania by producing steady and
fair rates for the through transportation,
thus enabling tho companies to re-
duce the rates Of local traffic.
They - also show that since the
passage of the Interstate Commerce
bill by Congress tho companies had all
withdrawn from tho trunk line pool to
date from April lst. Attorney General
Kirkpatrick then ssid in that view Of that
fact he would indefinitely postpone argu-
mant in that case, and proceed to the case
against the anthracite coal companies.
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RICHMOND, Va, March 25.-At tho Dem.
ocra!ic caucus this afternoon the following
resolution was adopted:
WHEREAS, The Governor has commune
Gated to the General Assembly that a
council OF foreign bondholders proposed
the appointment OF commission on the
part Of the State Of Virginia to confer with
q commission to be appointed by them
looking to final settlement OF the debt;
therefore, he It
Rss''re' : \ f',rae of Delegates, the
San .t c n.AHIus, d | !. committee con-
sisling OF three membera OF the Senate and
five Of the House, be appointed, who shall
be charged with the duty, first Of meeting
with a commission from the council Of
bondholders. ascertaining what amount
OF bonds of Virginia are owned
or controlled by said coun-
Gil Of foreign bondholders; eecond,
to demonstrate to said commission the in
ability OF the people Of the State to bear a
greater burden OF a1ation; also to show
what arc the revenues aud necessary ex-
penditures Of the government available
Tor the payment OF interest and point out
to them that which addresses it to their
Interest az well as to tho interest OF the
State.
at to-nlght's session Of tho General AS
semblly the foregoing was introduced in
both branches. In tho Senate the paper
was referred to the Finance Committee.
In the House it was adopted with only
Biz votes Republicans] in the negative.
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AN EXPLANATION
OF fPowdsrfy's Cfrcufar-The Trcasurer's Isc

H.t"' |M marks. r.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March 25.-General
Treasurer Frederick Turner, being cues.
toned to-day with regard to Mr.. Powder.
ly's circular calling for a convention to
meet at Harrisburg, said:
"At the general headquarters we are
constantly In receipt Of communication
from individuals interested in labor mat.
ters and from local and district assemblies
asking for information as to the merits Of
such and such bills pending before the
State Legislature. The general officers, OF
course, very seldom know anything about
tho bills in question, not being on the
ground and not having any iacilities for
investigation, even II they have the time,
and consequently great need has been felt
tor some systematic mode OF procedure In
these affairs. It is highly important that
the interests Of labor should be protected
and watched over in the halls Of legisa.
ton. .fr e.
ut Is proposed to hold tho convention
at Harrisburg; Its proceedings to extend
over say three or iour days. 1t is merely
Q State arrangement, although there Is no
State organization OF the Knights OF La.
Dor IN Pennsylvania. Delegates will 10 to
the convention from oil the locul assem-.
blies and district semblies-one dele.
gate, as ! understand 1t, from each local
assembly. There are at least 200 locals
In this city alone and six district assem-
blies which will DO represented. As Dis
trict Assembly No. i is the lsrgest in the
State, and the senior Assembly, the duty
Of taking the lead In the arrangement OF
the convention will probably devolve
upon it.n u. ~,
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DowpLR, DAx., March 25.-The last re-
ports from the stage drivers from La
Grace and Lebeau to-day, say that great
deal Of property has been loat during the
last lew days owing to the high waters Of
<t!he Missouri river, At Lsbeau the people
from the bottoms were compelled to flee
10 the high bluaa. Mr. Barthelolson was
on the roof Of his building all'night and
WAS rescued the next day. Mr.. Kirkland
Was drowned before he could reach high
ground. Wilkins G. SINNERS ranch, near
l. lLaGrace, is.under several fset OF water.
The Grand river leo broke up yesterday,
and is now oyerhowipg, and, it is ex-
Pecied when the gorge at Bismarck bsesks
The river will riso several feet more. s.
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NEWS IN BRIEF.


In three weeks rat hunt near Bowers.
vile, Greene county, o., 0.S43 rats and
mice were killed.
Alexander Dixon, Postmaster of Falls
vile. Newton county, Ark, is under ar
rest for riling registered letters.
! A school houae floor at Utica, N. Y,
gave way while donation party was in
progress, and dozen persons were se-
riously injured. "a
VIM. Darlington, a brakeman, was blown
from the top Of bo3.ca by the wind, near
New Madison, Ind. He fell between the
cars and was killed. Sg
a compilation Of veto messages shows
that Cleveland has thus far ll3 vetoes.
The total for all the Presidents Of the
United States except Cleyeland is lS2.
Thuraday's wind storms destroyed a
brick dwelling in Bellevue, KY, demol.
iahed 3. Gray's foundry at jackson, O.,
and unrooicd number Of buildinga a:
Gallipolis. :5-s 80 81" = =
Eugene Higsins, appointment Clerk in
the Treasury Department, who has been
largely advertised, intands to retire from
the service Of the United States to be
Warden OF the county Jail a. Baltimore.
A suit Of tho receive, OF the Flrst Ma.
tional Bank Of Buffalo againGt the Dlrec.
tors Of the bank, in which the receiys,
seeks to establish the liability OF the fpi.
reotore Tor the bsnk's debts, hiss been dis.
missed by United States Judge Wheeler
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Grant Memorial Exercises.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, March 25.-Comman-
der in Chief, Fairchild, Of the G. A. R. has
Issued general order in relation to the
memorial at Washington in honor Of the
late General U. S. Grant. Pursuant to re-
solutions adopted at the last National En-
campment Commander Fairchild appoint
ed committee to be known as the Grant
Memorial Committee, consisting OF one
member from each department, OF which
committee the Commander in Chief will
be chairman. Among the committee are ::
Maryland, W. L. W. Ross, Baltimore; New
York, Ira NJ. Hedges, Haverstraw; Ohio,
Il. b. Lloyd, Cincinnati; Pennsylvania,
Robert D. Death, Philadelphia; Potomac,
s. S. Burdett, Washington; Virginia,
Edgar Allen, Richmond; West Virginia,
". H. H. Flick, Martinsburg. He also
suggests that on tho eth day Of April
next, which will be the sixty-fifth ami
versary Of the birth Of General Grant
every post OF the G. A. r. shall, at come
convenient hour assemble and inviting
their fellow citizens to meet with them
and hold Toast Of patriotism and there.
upon solicit and receive contributions for
the memorial. ~ 7. .7ia,. I'd sfzIiN.
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Tothe Hon. Garter Harrison, Mayor OF
Chicsgo: u.g.}t.
DEAR SlR:-You may not be aware that
a. divers times and in sundry places the
ISrELLlGEScER has expressed opinions OF
you that would not be fstteriug to your
self esteem. The 1NTELLlGENcER now de-.
sires to call in these utterances and to say
that the stand you have taken does credit
to our common manhood. Your nice senee
Of honor goss far to maks amends for your
euorH Of administration, and stamps
you IS superior to the men who are max.
ing lie uncomfortable for You. Your
scathriug criticiam Of the National Ad.
ministration for its interference in the
local affairs OF your city, displays at once
courage aud Mica appreciation OF the ft-
mes, Of things altogether. Your letter is
refreshing aud stimulating. Accept, dear
sir, assurances Of the distinguished regard
Of The INTELLlaEScER.
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WASHINGTON NOTES.

WAsHlSaroS, y. G., March 25.-The
Commissioner Of Pensions, in his weekly
report to tho Secretary OF the Interior,
states that 1887 applications are now
before his otiies for adjudication. Claims
are being filed at the rate Of 5000 q week,
and the iiual adjudication number about
$500. {f3iii ttia{iNs@ Gi Is
Tho appropriation OF $l47,74o toin4emu.
hy Chinese subjects for losses sustained
at Rock Springs. Wyo.. has been placed
70 the credit Of the disbu!aiug officer OF
mo Department. Of State for payment to
the Chinese Minister at Washington -
the representative Of the Chinese govern.
ment. AZ {; n. g; NJ
Senator Collum a member OF tho cleo
no1s subcommittee to investigate the al.
ieged outrages in Texaa says that be does
not think the committee will be called to.
Sethsr during the recess Of Congress. ~
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up Inn Tree.

BISMARCK, DAK., March 25.-It has been
learned that D. NJ. Kennedy, wife and
three children are held on Sibley 1sland
by the flood, and for Elk days have been
living on such food as they can save from
the Hood. - RI
There is no hope OF rescuing them un-
till the flood subsidies, and their friends
are distracted. They can be seen through
neld glasses occupying neat built in
shore. fs;si5 . TI4s r.
Northern Pacific lnanagers have aban-
doned hope Of removing The gorge by dy.
Mantle, aud can not say when they will
DO able to ship freight across the river.
Passengers are being transferred by boat.
A party Of twelve, attempting to cross
from Mandsn in o boat Wednesday even
Ing, were driven by wind and ice into a
willow thicket and passed the night there,
momentarily expecting death. They were
feecued in the forenoon. ig